428 LORANTHACE#. XI. Exyrrantue. XII. Norantuera. 
forming a sheath to the flowers). Flowers tubular, 6-cleft, hex- 
androus ; lobes of limb linear, acute. Flower-buds nearly terete. 
Anthers erect. Flowers sessile, and decussate along the rachis of 
the spikes, furnished each with 3 bracteas, one under the flower 
and two opposite lateral combined ones ; all large, concave, and 
deciduous. ? 
23 E. arpa (Blum. in litt. 1329.) glabrous ; branches com- 
pressed ; leaves opposite, oval-oblong, acute, coriaceous ; spikes 
axillary, on short peduncles, sub-capitate, each bearing 4 decus- 
sate, tribracteate flowers. h.P.S. Native of Java, in woods 
on the mountains. Loranthus albidus, Blum. bijdr. p. 665. 
Whitish Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
24 E.? opmunitus; branches terete, straight; leaves spatu- 
lately Jinear, thickened at the apex; peduncles nutant, some- 
what secund. hk. P. S. Native of Brazil, on the banks of 
the Rio Grande. Loranthus obmunitus, Spreng. cur. port. 139. 
Each ovarium is supported by a cup-shaped bractea, or by 3 
concrete ones. 
Clothed Elytranthe. Shrub par. 
Cult. Like the rest of the genera of the present order, the 
species are not cultivable. The plants have much the habit of 
Lonicéra. 
XII. NOTANTHE'RA (from vwroc, notos, the back, and 
av@noa, anthera, an anther; the anthers are fixed by the back 
to the filaments ; hence they are oscillatory). Loranthus, sect. 
iv. Notanthéra, exclusive of § 1. Tetrámera and § 3. Calan- 
the, D.C. prod. 4. p. 307.—Loránthus species of authors. 
Lin. syst.  Penta-Headndria, Monogynia. Flowers her- 
maphrodite. Petals 5-6-7-8, but usually 6, sometimes almost 
distinct to the base, and sometimes equally joined together at 
the base, linear or lanceolate. Stamens equal in number to the 
petals ; filaments adnate to the corolla at the base, but free at 
the apex ; anthers fixed by the back, oscillatory or incumbent. 
Style filiform. Stigma clavate. Berries ovate.—Parasitical shrubs, 
natives of South America, except one from Asia. Peduncles 
corymbose or racemose; branchlets usually bearing 3 flowers 
and 3 bracteas ; sometimes the pedicels are 1-flowered, and with 
a bractea under each flower. 
§ 1. Pentémere (from weve, pente, five, and pepic, meris, a 
part; the flowers are pentamerous or divided into 5 parts). 
Flowers pentamerous and pentandrous, large, from 1-8 inches 
long. 
1 N. Granpirtorus; shrub glabrous, dependent ; stems te- 
rete; leaves on short petioles, oval, thick; racemes terminal, 
subcorymbose, few-flowered; pedicels bearing each 1 flower 
and 1 bractea; bracteas ovate, concave, length of fruit; petals 
5, linear, joined to the middle ; anthers versatile. h. P. G. 
Native of Peru, parasitical on trees, where it is called Hatun 
Mecmd, Loranthus grandifloérus, Ruiz, et Pav. fi. per. 3. p. 
45. t. 273. f.a. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 115. Corolla very long. 
Berry blue, size of an olive. 
Great-flowered Notanthera. Shrub par. 
2 N. toncipracrea‘tus; glabrous; branches terete ; leaves 
seattered, lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, acute, Sessile, coria- 
ceous, veinless; spikes terminal; bracteas foliaceous, linear- 
lanceolate ; flowers adhering to the bracteas at the base ; flower- 
bud clavate; petals 5, linear; anthers versatile. h. P. G. 
Native of Peru. Loranthus longibracteatus, Desr. in Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 599. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 117. Leaves 18-24 lines 
Jong, and 8-9 lines broad. Corolla 24 inches long. 
Long-bractead Notanthera. Shrub par. 
3 N. verticitia‘tus ; branches terete, 3 in a whorl; leaves 
also usually 3 in a whorl, lanceolate, nerveless, glaucous, usually 
secund ; flowers terminal, secund, crowded into heads ; bracteas 
ovate, concave, 1 under each flower; petals 5, joined at the base, 
spatulately-lanceolate and revolute at the apex ; anthers oblong, 
h. P. G. Native of Chili, upon trees and shrubs on the banks 
of the river Andalien, Loranthus verticillatus, Ruiz, et Pav, 
fl. per. 3. p. 47. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 117. Berry oval, black- 
ish purple. 
Whorled Notanthera. Shrub par. 
4 N. c#'sivs; glabrous; branches terete ; leaves on short 
petioles, ovate-lanceolate, or lanceolate, thickish, veinless ; pe- 
duncles 1-flowered, disposed in terminal racemes, bearing under 
each flower an oblong bractea, which is 3 times longer than 
the ovarium ; petals 5, joined to the middle, and spreading 
at the apex, linear; anthers incumbent. k. P. G. Native of 
the Andes of Peru, upon trees. Loranthus cz'sius, Spreng 
syst. 1. p. 182. Loranthus glaticus, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. 
p. 45. t. 275. f. b. H.B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 438. 
but not of Thunb. Loranthus corymbdsus, Dietr. gart. lex. 
4. p. 468. Schultes, syst. 7. p. 115. Leaves an inch or more 
long, and half an inch broad; petioles 2 lines long. Flowers 
an inch Jong, red at base and apex, but yellow in the middle. 
Berry oval, dark purple. This species is nearly allied to N. 
longebractedtus. 
Grey Notanthera. Shrub par. 
5 N. Porrrren; glabrous ; branches terete, rather glaucous; 
leaves opposite, on short petioles, lanceolate, thickish, veinless ; 
peduncles 1-flowered, disposed in a terminal raceme, bearing an 
ovate, acute bractea under each flower, which is one-half shorter 
than the ovarium; limb of calyx truncate; petals 5, joined 
together a little beyond the middle; anthers fixed by the back 
to the filaments. h. P. G. Native of Chili, where it was 
collected by Poeppig. Leaves an inch long. Flowers 2 inches 
long. 
Poeppig’s Notanthera. Shrub par. 
6 N. Srerneercia'nus; glabrous; branches terete ; leaves 
ovate or oval, obtuse, coriaceous, veinless above ; pedang 
many, short, 1-flowered, crowded, corymbose, rising from the 
axils of the upper leaves and the tops of the branches : seer 
ovate, one under each ovarium, and shorter than it; petals G 
linear, hardly concrete at the base ; anthers versatile. h. P. 
Native of Chili, near La Guardia, and Aconcagua, and on the 
Cordillera of Chili. Loranthus Sternbergianus, Schultes, ge 
herb. Hænke, and syst. 7. p. 116. Loránthus glaúcus, Gill. m 
notof Ruiz and Pav. nor Thunb. Leaves 12-15 lines long, fe 
8-10 broad; petioles 14 Jine long. Allied to N. cæ sius, DW 
differs in the bracteas being one half shorter than the ovaries 
not 3 times longer. 
Sternberg’s Notanthera. Shrub par. oe 
7 N.? Pout; glabrous; branches terete ; leaves ova! E 
tuse at both ends, on short petioles, thick, coriaceous, pan 
the middle nerve hardly distinct at the base, the rest of it © 3 
lete; peduncles axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves, hia 
site, dichotomously corymbose, few-flowered ; petals 5, ye 
thick, almost distinct, bearing each a ligula beneath the stam an 
anthers versatile. h. P. S. Native of Brazil, where it pr 
detected by Pohl. Loranthus glaticus, Pohl. in litt. but ee 
others. Loranthus Pohlii, D. C. prod. 4. p. 308. Loe 
15 inches long, and 8-9 broad. Corolla an inch long. ee 
teas small, very blunt, one under each flower. Perhaps a SP 
of Psittacanthus. 
Pohl’s Notanthera. Shrub par. 
$ 2. Micrénthe (from pwpoc, micros, small, and oy 
anthos, a flower ; flowers of the species small). iuen a 
usually hexamerous or divided into 6 paris, but in a very em A 
are divided into 4-5-7 parts, disposed in racemes ; the she 
of the raceme usually bearing 3 flowers and 3 bracteas 
Species all natives of America. 
